Sundance Selects has released the official movie trailer for Elia Suleiman‘s The Time That Remains. The film, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, is an “examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.” The film has a 83% on Rotten Tomatoes with 15 of 18 positive reviews. Empire Magazine called it “a touching and insightful black comedy that gracefully spans sixty years.” Watch the trailer embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below.

What is it with omnibus films of late? In the past few years there have been Chacun son cinema, New York, I Love You, Paris Je T’aime and a couple others. And now there’s a plan to put together a seven-part film about live in contemporary Cuba, called 7 Days in Havana. The hook here is the directorial lineup, which includes Benicio Del Toro and Gaspar Noe. That’s good enough for me — I’ll spend a week in Cuba with these guys. Read More »